scanit 🔍

A command-line utility that recursively searches directories for files matching regex patterns.

🚀 Features

• Recursive directory scanning
• Regex pattern matching
• Hidden file support
• Cross-platform compatibility (Unix paths) (Possibly windows but not tested')
• Current directory search option

⚙️ Installation

cargo install scanit

📝 Changelog

[0.1.95]

Fixed

• Reduced redundant conversion errors when scanning restricted paths
• Improved error handling for kernel-protected directories
• Optimized path traversal logic

Changed

• Improved performance when handling permission denied errors

🔧 Dependencies

Special thanks to:

jwalk - For the excellent parallel directory traversal

regex - For the powerful regex engine

clap - For the robust CLI argument parsing

Examples

Find Rust files in /usr

scanit '.rs$' -d /usr

Find PNG files from current directory

scanit '.png$' -C

Find JavaScript test files

scanit '^/.test..js$'

Find hidden git files

scanit -H '.git'

Supports Unix and in theory windows, not tested yet! VM's are buggy!

Usage: scanit [OPTIONS]

Arguments: Regex pattern to match files (e.g. \.rs$)

Options